315 Tsunami: Dead Sea
A tsunami caused by an earthquake began at Dead Sea in 315.
Where the waves reached
The source of the tsunami. No runup with a place is recorded for it.
- Under 1 m
- 1 to 3 m
- 3 to 10 m
- 10 to 30 m
- 30 m and more
- Height not recorded
The tsunami
- Date
- 315
- Source
- Dead Sea
- Cause
- Earthquake
- Earthquake
- The earthquake
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Tsunami intensity (Soloviev-Imamura)
- 3
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Very doubtful tsunami
- Source location
- 31.700° N, 35.500° E
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this tsunami.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
315. Dead Sea. Tsunami intensity III. (references #15, #20, and #23)
315. I have heard of this Areopolis (when it still existed), but the whole city can vouch for the truth of my assertion, that in the time of my childhood, from the effects of a tremendous earthquake, when the sea broke over the shores of the whole earth, the walls of this town were overthrown in a single night. (reference #10520)
More
Every tsunami in 315The 300sTsunamis of Dead SeaThe earthquakeAlerts in force
Sources
Tsunami events and runups from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI tsunami event 32.